Scoop



(No Model.)

M. R. & E. E. DAVENPORT.

SCOOP. v No. 591,953. Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

MERWIN DAVENPORT AND ELMER E. DAVENPORT, OF BARABOO, WISCONSIN.

S C O O P SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,953,dated October 19, 1897.

Application filed June 8, 1897. Serial No. 639,856. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MERWIN R. DAVEN- PORT and ELMER E. DAVENPORT,citzens of the United States, residing at Baraboo, in the county of Saukand State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Scoops, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved mode of constructing sheet-metalscoops.

The objects of our improvement are to obtain from a single sheet ofmetal a scoop having a reinforced bottom and back end of superposedparts of said sheet, features which add greatly to the strength andlasting qualities of the scoop. Another object is to obtain a scoophaving its front end V-shaped and thus provide a narrow spout, wherebyliquids can be poured therefromjn a fine stream, and to have the frontend of said spout substantially on the same level as the top of the rearportion of the scoop, to hold safely the largest amount of fluid or ofother goods therein; and these features combined with a triangular flatbottom to give stability to the scoop. The inner end of the handle isalso made to straddle the top of the doubled back to strengthen theunion of the parts. We attain these objects by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

' which- Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a scoop constructed inaccordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central vertical section of the same.Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on line a a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a top view of the sheet-metal blank cut in the proper shape to formthe body of the scoop, the dotted lines indicating also where the blankis to be bent.

In said drawings the body of the scoop consists of the sides A and Aending rearwardly in the back pieces 13 and E the division being on thelines 6 and b The division-line a, between the front portion of thesides A A is where the metal is bent at an acute angle to form a narrowV-shaped spout that extends about half the length of the scoop to thepoint a whence the metal is split preferably on its axis-line c, toconstitute the two superposed parts 0 and O of the bottom of the scoop.Said bottom parts are bent or pressed from the sides A A upon lines d,divergent from the point a to the inner end of the lines 1) 6 The parts0 C are cut rearwardly longer than the proposed bottom of the scoop, theproper length of the bottom terminating on lines d d to provide tonguesD D to be bent up from the lines 61 against the lower portions of theback pieces B B and be soldered thereto, and thereby provide also areinforcement against wear.

To form the scoop from the blank shown in Fig. 5, the metal is bent online a a V- shaped, as shown in Fig. 4', the back pieces B B are benttoward the side pieces on lines b 19 the bottom pieces 0 C are also bentfrom the side pieces on lines cl, and the tongues D D are bent up fromsaid bottom pieces. The sides are then turned up and the rear end of thelines cl pressed toward the axis-line, causing the parts 0 C to besuperposed, and the back pieces B B to be also superposed. The inneredge I) of the back piece B is then soldered along the line b of thepiece B while the edge 19 of said part B is soldered along the line b ofthe back piece B. The tongues D D lapping beyond the edges 19 b of theback pieces, are then soldered thereto to complete the scoop.

The handle F is either cylindrical or oval, and slightly tapering, andis provided with a flaring socket E, which is soldered to the handle andto the back piece B; ,but to render the connection of the handle withthe back pieces as strong as possible, the handle has extended forward atongue f, integral therewith, that is bent downward to straddle theupper edges of the back pieces B B and is riveted or soldered thereto.Said upper edges are also soldered together to complete their union.

The scoop can be made of any desired metal or of veneer, celluloid,pasteboard, or parchment-paper.

Having now fully described our invention, we claim- 1. A scoop havingits body constructed out of a single piece of sheet metal cut and bentand pressed to have its spout V-shaped and inclined, its bottomrectangular, and its back of two superposed thicknesses substantiallylar of two superposed thicknesses, and itsback of two superposedthicknesses, substan tially as described.

3. A scoop having its body, consisting of a single piece of sheetmaterial out and bent to have its spout V-shaped, its back of twosuperposed thicknesses, and its bottom of two superposed thicknesseshaving tongues overlapping the bottom of the back parts substantially asdescribed.

4:. A scoop having its body consisting of a single piece of sheet metalcut and bent to have its spout V-shaped, its bottom triangular and itsback of two superposed thicknesses, in combination with a handle havinga tongue bent down and straddling the upper edges of said back partssubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

MERWIN R. DAVENPORT. ELMER E. DAVENPORT.

Witnesses:

H. GROTOPHORST, IDA A. DAVENPORT.

